Great Expectations

Overview

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Seasons

Miniseries

6 episodes

Cast

Anthony Calf

Pip

John Rhys-Davies

Joe Gargery

Jean Simmons

Miss Havisham

Kim Thomson

Estella

Ray McAnally

Mr Jaggers